(Trora the 7orest Service, g. S* Department of Agriculture* } 



NATIONAL ORGANIZATION TO NOT RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION 



UNTIL DECEMBER 15, 



STUDY ?ORE3T INSECT PROBLEM 



Washington, December 15. The enormous losses due 

 to forest innroto hr.ve led to the formation of a society for 

 the advene trmnt of forest entomology in America. The mem- 

 bers of this society hold that the work of insects has not 

 received the attention which it deserves. 



Henry >, Graves, U. S. forester, the newly elected 

 president of the society, on being asked about the purposes 

 of the organisation, said that they were, in general, to call 

 attention to ths pr.rt which insects play in forest problems. 

 "We have had , :1 he said, "widespread and specific interest in 

 insect paste such as the San Jose scale and the boll weevil, 

 which affect ^J.l of us as bo what we eat and what v/e wear. 

 Forest insects through their destruction of tiriher increase 

 the cost, cf a no OPS a 1 1\ v- r Viloh enters ouite as nuch into the 

 daily life of the individual as do the products of the field 

 and orchard, if the importance of the protection of our 

 forest resources from 1 nsoct 5 an re cations is generally recog- 

 nized, a lar.30 nr<,rt cnn be gr-eyerited or avoided. 



"K^L^t now ^ n **'* -.^ '- i'jyi:r,l i'orp-stc the bureau of 

 entomology fxi'.d oiio for OFT. .-*-? T- vie a are c; cop or-:- t ?.ng to stop 

 insect ravages by dlriccvering th--:ir beginnings, ^-nd stamping 

 them out. A fev; isolated trees attacked by insects may form 



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